Telephone-receiver holder.



No. 786,523.' PATENTED APR. 4, 1905.

K. G. SEAMAN.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, i904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

TELEPHONE-RECEIVER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,523, dated April 4,1905.

Application filed April 9, 1904. Serial No- 202,426.

To all 707L177", it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, KATE O. SEAMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inTelephone-Receiver Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to holders or supports for telephone-receivers 0.,devices for rendering it unnecessary to hold telephonereceivers in thehand when in use; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageousholder hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claimsappended;

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a side elevation of the holder constituting the present andpreferred embodiment of my invention, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailsection taken in the plane indicated by the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 withparts in elevation.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in both views of thedrawings.

Referring to the drawings, A is a bracket, which may be and preferablyis an ordinary gas-bracket. The said bracket comprises an inner section(0, adapted to be connected to any telephone-box or to the wall adjacentto telephone or to any convenient place, an inner member 0, pivotallyconnected to the section a and arranged to swing in a horizontal plane,and an outer member (Z, pivotally connected to the member 0 so as toswing in a horizontal plane and terminating at its free end in athreaded nipple e, Fig. 2. I prefer to employ an ordinary gas-bracketbecause it is readily obtainable. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to the employment of a gas-bracket, sinceany suitable bracket having one or more swinging members may be employedwithout involving a departure from the scope of my invention. I alsodesire it understood that the bracket may be attached to a wall, a desk,the telephone-box, or arm of speaking-tube of telephone, or any othersuitable support without affecting my invention.

, B is a support, preferably an interiorlythreaded tube which is screwedon the nipple e of the bracket member (Z, and O is a rotatable postloosely mounted on the upper end of the tube B and having at its lowerend a stud O, which is journaled in an aperture a in the upper end ofthe tube B and has its lower end upset, as indicated by 0. At its upperend the post O is provided with resilient jaws f, having coincidentapertures g g, the aperture 9 being threaded.

D is a receiver-holding cradle, the lower portion it of which isinterposed between the jaws f of the post O and is provided with a plainaperture 2', adapted to coincide with the apertures g g, and E is ascrew which bears in the apertures g g of post O and extends looselythrough the aperturec'in thelower portion of the cradle D, as best shownin Fig. 2. The cradle D preferably comprises the lower portion h,uprights j, rising from the ends of the said portion h, and U-shapedloops is at the upper ends of the upright portions 1', arranged toreceive and hold a telephone-receiver after the manner shown by dottedlines in Fig. 1. In lieu of the said loopskloops of any other suitableshape may be employed, or, if preferred, a semicylinder of tin, wire, orother suitable material may be fixed on the upper ends of the portions jof the cradle D in position to receive the reduced portion of atelephone-receiver.

In virtue of the bracket members 0 and (Z being arranged to swing inhorizontalplanes, the post O being adapted to turn axially on thetubular part B, and the cradle D being adapted to swing in a verticalplane on the post C it will be observed that a telephonereceiver placedin the cradle D may be readily positioned to suit the user, and hencethe necessity of holding the receiver in the hand is obviated. It willalso be observed that when the receiver is in the cradle D it is held ina steady manner to the ear, and the listener is not subjected to fatigueor compelled to use either of his hands in connection with the receiver.It will further be observed that when not in use the cradle D and thereceiver therein may be swung back against a wall or other support,where the same will be out of the way.

When it is desired to fix the cradle D in a certain position withrespect to the post O,

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the same may be readily effected by turning the screw E inwardly, andthereby clamping the jawsf of the post C against the lower portion 72 ofthe cradle.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that my novel holder fortelephone-receivers is simple and inexpensive in construction andembodies no delicate parts such as are likely to get out of order aftera short period of use, also that the holder is adapted to be plated orotherwise embellished, so as to enhance rather than detract from thefinished appearance of a desk, a wall, or othersupport to which it isattached.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exactunderstanding of the said embodiments. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to such specific construction andrelative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may bemade in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention asclaimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. A holder for telephone-receivers, consisting essentially of aswinging bracket composed of two hinged members, a support arranged onthe outer end of the outer bracket member and having an aperture in itsupper end, a post loosely mounted on the upper end of the support andhaving a stud at its lower end journaled in the aperture of the support,and also having an enlargement on the lower end of the stud, avertically-swinging cradle connected to the said post, and means foradjustably fixing the cradle with respect to the post.

2. In a holder for telephone-receivers, the combination of a brackethaving inner and outer swinging members, and also having an uprightthreaded nipple on the outer member, an interiorly-threaded tubearranged on said nipple, a post arranged on and pivotally connected tothe said tube whereby it is adapted to turn on its axis, and a cradlearranged to swing vertically on the post, means connecting the post andthe cradle, and means at the upper end of the cradle for receiving andholding a telephonereceiver.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

KATE o. SEAMAN.

Witnesses:

A. G. BRICE, J AMES PRENDERGAST.

